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Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, April 28th, the 116th day of 2026. There are 249 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff SteinTwo new programs in the “Iowa Talking Points—The Candidates” series, featuring both Republican candidates for U.S. House District 2—Joe Mitchell and Charlie McClintockKXEL’s Tim Harwood with Lyndi Buckingham Schutt on the HEAL Toolkit… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Lucy Long, author of “Sweet, Tart and Golden”… Michael and Georgie Libbie discuss the business of camping… and segments from the latest “American Radio Journal” with Lowman Henry.

Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood  is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.

Choosing Winners and Losersis the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “Elon Musk is reportedly nearing the launch of X Money, a payments and banking platform built into X. Would you use it?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.

Scroll down for today’s KXEL Morning News summary…and as always, contact us via email (kxel@kxel.com) or text (319-235-1540).

Make the most of your day!